Creating Open Textbooks: A Unique Partnership between Oregon State University Libraries and Press and  Open Oregon State

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/jm214p89c

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Chadwell, Faye A. Fisher, Dianna M.
Abstract	This article presents Oregon State University’s experience launching an innovative Open Textbook initiative in spring 2014. The partners, Open Oregon State and the Oregon State University Libraries and Press, aimed to reduce the cost of course materials for students while ensuring the content created was peer-reviewed and employed multimedia capabilities. This initiative sought to showcase existing and emerging disciplinary strengths of the University thus creating unique course content that could be shared globally. This article briefly describes the U.S. landscape for open textbook creation and adoption. It demonstrates how this unique partnership has developed, covering barriers and benefits, and what the future could hold for new projects. Keywords: University Press, Publishing Partnership, Open textbooks
Resource Type	Article
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.8.2.290
Date Available	2017-02-23T20:30:09+00:00
Date Issued	2016-04
Citation	Creating Open Textbooks: A Unique Partnership Between Oregon State University Libraries and Press and Open Oregon State Faye A. Chadwell, Dianna M Fisher Open Praxis. 2016;8(2):123-130 DOI 10.5944/openpraxis.8.2.290
Journal Title	Open Praxis
Journal Volume	8
Journal Issue/Number	2
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Libraries
权利声明	In Copyright
Publisher	Open Praxis.
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/60290
ISSN	2304-070X